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Gina Birch of The Raincoats have shared a new solo single called “I Play My Bass Loud” — listen below.
The track will be featured on the post-punk star’s self-titled debut studio album, due out February 24 via Jack White’s Third Man Records label ( pre-order/save here ).
In a statement, Burch described the track “I Play My Bass Loud” as “celebrating the bass guitar as a voice, simple or layered, pounding or dancing, or all at once.”
“A celebration of the scream, the scream from the window and the fact that I’m here, the female creativity of the bass guitar,” she continued. “I’m playing my bass, my bass, my bass, my bass, I’m playing my bass loud.”
Birch added: “It’s all about women playing their music and wanting to be heard, wanting recognition or a place for it.
“Bass is sometimes called a minor instrument, but thanks to reggae and the work of many female artists, it has always been a creative and phenomenal instrument.”
Musician, artist and director Vice Cooler’s official video is attached to the track. The video, shot in Los Angeles, California, features four bassists and Birch herself.
“Deputy asked his longtime friend, Oakland writer, dancer and choreographer, Brontese Pernell, to star in the video,” Birch explained.
“The video features five bass players: Emily Elhai (Angel Olsen), Hazel Rigby (TBHQ), Micky Itzigson (Small Wigs), Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and myself.”
She continued, “We shot the video in Los Angeles, so the bass players in the video are mostly not the ones on the song, except for Emily Elhai, who plays bass with Angel Olson and Gina B.” Tune in higher.
Regarding the upcoming LP I Play My Bass Loud as a whole, Burch said, “The album combines years of my musical, political and creative life with these genre-busting songs. It’s a personal diary of sounds and lyrics, full of fun, anger and storytelling.”
The album will feature previously released singles “Wish I Was You” and “Feminist Song”, the latter of which became Birch’s first solo track.
Check out the official cover and full tracklist below.
01. “I Play My Bass Loud”
02. “And Then It Happened”
03. “I Wish I Was You”
04. “Big Mouth”
05. “Pussy Riot”
06. “I Am Rage”
07. “I’ll Never Wear Stilettos”
08. “Dance Like a Demon”
09. “Digging”
10. “Feminist Song”
11. “Let’s Go Crazy”
Birch are set to embark on a UK headline tour this spring – see the full itinerary below and find all remaining tickets here.
MARCH
21 – Hope and Ruin, Brighton
22 – Oslo, London
24 – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
25 – Whelan’s, Dublin
27 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Burch is the bassist and co-vocalist of Raincoats, which was formed in London in 1977. The band released four studio albums between 1979 and 1996 and played their last concert in 2019 (according to Setlist.FM).
Among the famous fans of the post-punk group was the deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. “When I listen to The Raincoats, I feel like a homeless person in the attic, breaking the rules and being in the dark,” he wrote in the liner notes to the reissue of The Raincoats’ 1993 debut album.
“Instead of listening to them, I feel like I’m listening to them. We are together in the same old house, and I must be perfectly still, or they will hear me spying from above, and if they catch me, everything will be destroyed, for it is their business.
Gina Birch of The Raincoats have shared a new solo single called “I Play My Bass Loud” — listen below.
The track will be featured on the post-punk star’s self-titled debut studio album, due out February 24 via Jack White’s Third Man Records label ( pre-order/save here ).
In a statement, Burch described the track “I Play My Bass Loud” as “celebrating the bass guitar as a voice, simple or layered, pounding or dancing, or all at once.”
“A celebration of the scream, the scream from the window and the fact that I’m here, the female creativity of the bass guitar,” she continued. “I’m playing my bass, my bass, my bass, my bass, I’m playing my bass loud.”
Birch added: “It’s all about women playing their music and wanting to be heard, wanting recognition or a place for it.
“Bass is sometimes called a minor instrument, but thanks to reggae and the work of many female artists, it has always been a creative and phenomenal instrument.”
Musician, artist and director Vice Cooler’s official video is attached to the track. The video, shot in Los Angeles, California, features four bassists and Birch herself.
“Deputy asked his longtime friend, Oakland writer, dancer and choreographer, Brontese Pernell, to star in the video,” Birch explained.
“The video features five bass players: Emily Elhai (Angel Olsen), Hazel Rigby (TBHQ), Micky Itzigson (Small Wigs), Staz Lindes (The Paranoyds) and myself.”
She continued, “We shot the video in Los Angeles, so the bass players in the video are mostly not the ones on the song, except for Emily Elhai, who plays bass with Angel Olson and Gina B.” Tune in higher.
Regarding the upcoming LP I Play My Bass Loud as a whole, Burch said, “The album combines years of my musical, political and creative life with these genre-busting songs. It’s a personal diary of sounds and lyrics, full of fun, anger and storytelling.”
The album will feature previously released singles “Wish I Was You” and “Feminist Song”, the latter of which became Birch’s first solo track.
Check out the official cover and full tracklist below.
01. “I Play My Bass Loud”
02. “And Then It Happened”
03. “I Wish I Was You”
04. “Big Mouth”
05. “Pussy Riot”
06. “I Am Rage”
07. “I’ll Never Wear Stilettos”
08. “Dance Like a Demon”
09. “Digging”
10. “Feminist Song”
11. “Let’s Go Crazy”
Birch are set to embark on a UK headline tour this spring – see the full itinerary below and find all remaining tickets here.
MARCH
21 – Hope and Ruin, Brighton
22 – Oslo, London
24 – The Hug and Pint, Glasgow
25 – Whelan’s, Dublin
27 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Burch is the bassist and co-vocalist of Raincoats, which was formed in London in 1977. The band released four studio albums between 1979 and 1996 and played their last concert in 2019 (according to Setlist.FM).
Among the famous fans of the post-punk group was the deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. “When I listen to The Raincoats, I feel like a homeless person in the attic, breaking the rules and being in the dark,” he wrote in the liner notes to the reissue of The Raincoats’ 1993 debut album.
“Instead of listening to them, I feel like I’m listening to them. We are together in the same old house, and I must be perfectly still, or they will hear me spying from above, and if they catch me, everything will be destroyed, for it is their business.
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